Ray Kelly weighs in on gun control On Face The Nation: 'The Problem Is The Handgun' – VIDEO

One of the biggest issues facing gun control in New York is the vast supply of handguns, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said Monday.

Speaking to Face the Nation, Kelly voiced support for an assault weapons ban but outlined that those weapons only account for two percent of those arrested for gun possession.

"The problem is the handgun. 60 percent of the murders in New York City are caused by handguns, and we simply have too many of them," the commissioner said, before citing last year's record low levels of murder in NYC.

“In our city, 90 percent of the guns we confiscate are coming from out of State.”

According to Kelly, a universal background check, one of the four measures President Obama asked Congress to pass earlier this month, would help towards cutting back on the illegal sale of guns.